REMEMBER, THE ANSWERS ARE FOUND IN THE TEXT. The first passenger railroads in the United States were built in the 1820s in the Northeast. The railroads connected towns and cities, making it easier to travel, ship goods and spread ideas from one place to another. Soon Americans began to clamor for a transcontinental railroad, one that reached all the way to the West Coast. This demand was rooted in Manifest Destiny. manifest Destiny was the belief that Americans had the right to control all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. It was a way to morally justify westward expansion, while at the same time displacing Native Americans, Mexicans and other groups from their land. Which of these is true about Manifest Destiny?

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REMEMBER, THE ANSWERS ARE FOUND IN THE TEXT. The first passenger railroads in the United States were built in the 1820s in the Northeast. The railroads connected towns and cities, making it easier to travel, ship goods and spread ideas from one place to another. Soon Americans began to clamor for a transcontinental railroad, one that reached all the way to the West Coast. This demand was rooted in Manifest Destiny. manifest Destiny was the belief that American’s had the right to control all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. It was a way to morally justify westward expansion, while at the same time displacing Native Americans, Mexicans and other groups from their land. Which of these is true about Manifest Destiny?

A	It was a popular book about a famous explorer
B	It inspired Americans’ to explore the Western frontier
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -1827: The first railroad in North America-the Baltimore & Ohio-is chartered by Baltimore merchants.

Detailed explanation-2: -The resulting coast-to-coast railroad connection revolutionized the settlement and economy of the American West. It brought the western states and territories into alignment with the northern Union states and made transporting passengers and goods coast-to-coast considerably quicker, safer and less expensive.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The first American railroads were built in the South in order to connect farmers selling their crops (primarily cash crops like cotton and tobacco) with major markets where they could get the best value.

Detailed explanation-4: -Railways were introduced in England in the seventeenth century as a way to reduce friction in moving heavily loaded wheeled vehicles. The first North American “gravity road, ” as it was called, was erected in 1764 for military purposes at the Niagara portage in Lewiston, New York. The builder was Capt.

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USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD